Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1887-10-22
CRUSHED AND BURNED.
A Chicago a. Atlantic PASSENGER
press Plunged Into BY "e@' A
with Fearful Results.

EreEiao Journal from North Judson, lno''
saws; "Another Chattsworth railroad hor-
ror occurred ON the Chicago 4 Atlantic
railroad this morning sixty miles west OF
Chicago, near Kouts station. Seventeen
passengers were killed and burned up IN
the wreck, and from twenty-five to thirty
were more or less injured A heavy iresh
meat train telescoped the evening accom-
mediation train, the New York express
which leaves Chicago at TAO 7. m. Inc
accommodation. with one baggage car,
two coaches and one sleeper, had stopped
at the water tank for water, about one mile
west of Kouts, and the freight
train following crashed into the sleep
er, telescoping and burning up the
entire passenger train as above
stated, William Perry, auditor Of this
(Stark) county, and his wife and child were
victims of the terrible fire which broke out
almost Immediately after the freight train
crashed in among the passengers Not a
particle of their bodies was rescued from
the flames. The entire responsibility APP
pears to rest on the engineer Of the freight
train. At this writing the names OF the
killed and wounded cannot be ascertained. "
HORRIBLE DEATH SCENES.
w. 4. Duncan, of Syracuse, n. y, has
arrived from the scene Of the accident. He
saw the wreck. lie places the number OF
those known to have been killed at eigh-
teen or twenty A number Of these were
burned before his eyes. A little Bohemian
boy was hemmed in, but was
not reached by the fire, and saw
his mother, father aud two sisters slowly
roasting before his eyes. lie was dying -
Duncan lett. There was doctor on the
train, Duncan says, who lost his wife and
daughter by the burning wreck. lie could
do absolutely nothing for them, and saw
them encircled by the flames and cremated.
The train was not taken over the track on
which the wreck occurred, but switched
around, the remains Of the tram being too
hot TO be moved. The night was dark and
the scene was dreadful. The rear coaches
of the passenger train were telescoped so
that three occupied less space than one.
A live coal from freight engine iguited the
debris under which the wounded aud dying
were prisoners
SOME WERE MERCIFULLY KILLED
by the first shock, but many were slowly
roasted to death. Before substantial assist
anaa could he raudara1 sn,,,a tt,;Yt,s Y,as,,,Is
had died. No one in tine Pullman
sleeper was hurt. The conductor telegraphed
to his company that all escaped before tho
fire reached the car and none were injured
in the collision. No means existed for
the fire, and only after it had
burned out was it possible 10 do anything
for the few still alive imprisoned In the
debris. Forty people were wounded or
burned, or both. All were on the train
when il left Chicago, but no names wero
known up 10 2:30 this afternoon.
At the wreck.
KoUTs, Ind, Oct. 1.-THE worst hor-
rors Of Chattsworth were duplicated here
to-day. Dozens of blood-siained, smoke
begrimed dead and dying men, women and
victims of the railroads careless
ness and laundering, Uttered the village
station house this afternoon, the ho-
tells, and every other available
resting place in the vicinity,
while three miles west down the track OF
the Chicago & Atlantic railway, near a
lonely water tank, piles of fearfully
tangled debris mark the spot WHERE the
seldom equaled for terrible re-
suits, occurred. The east bound express
that left Chicago last night with
GREAT LOAD OF PASSENGERS,
had without moments warning, during
. temporary wait, been smashed into from
behind by heavily loaded fast freight
plunging forward in the darkness, bent on
beating all competition in hurrying
dressed meats to the markets Of the sea-
board. Some part Of the machinery OF the
passenger engine had been thrown out OF
order during the run from Chicago.
tritling stop at the water tank would
make it all right, il was thought, aud the
stop was accordingly made. Suddenly. out
1f the darkness behind, came the flash Of
the head light, the rush and rattle of many
wheels, and then the mighty crash, lust az
It Chattsworth. The sleeping coach now
got IN its deadly work. The massive frame
work Of the sleeper was transformed into a
huge catapault, aud. pushed mercilessly
Onward by the freight, crushed into the
;ars forward, smashing their comparatively
light timbers and making the work Of
destruction complete. The wreck quickly
ook fire and the sight Of shrieking victims
md dancing flames was one never 10 bo
orgotten.
THE ENGINEER's STORY.
To-day, on his bed OF agony, at little
lotel at Kouts, the engineer of the passen-
Ter train told tho following story Of tho
errible disaster:
We passed No. 40 at Boone Grove ON
ime, and started toward Kouts. No. 40
'ulled out of the station less than two
minutes behind us, when they should have
waited much longer. When we were we'll
way from town, we could see her light,
nut o little way behind. We were not
moving very fast, because the engine was
m one side. We had broken an
eccentric strap and were running but one
'aif Oh Wheels, having been forced 10 dis
onnect the other pair, which were running
DOSE. or course the accident held our
peed down little but we had no idea that
ne engineer Of No. 40 would have any dic.
Guilty in keeping off from our heels. tha
asst time l looked behind there was annie
Dom between us. We stoned at the
oone grove water tank. and were tbere
imost minute before they struck IA.
WHAT A CONDUCTOR SAW.
William Gaghyan, conductor Of the Chi
ago, st. Louis Il Pittsburg construction
ram now working between Kouts and
iebron, small station ten miles west Of
hebron, saw something Of the resnlta of
ne accident. His construction train runs
lto kouis every evening with its load of
Yea worEmen and the conductor sleeps in
W one Ilttle hotel Of which the town
casts. He was awakened at 4 o,clocL
his morning to take mt tho W,t,a.t, .-'I.e